Fact-checking the GOP candidates

[Legion Troll]

The ninth GOP debate featured the top six remaining candidates for the party’s presidential nomination.

They repeated several false and misleading claims, and made some new ones, too.

• Cruz claimed that “we have 80 years of precedent of not confirming Supreme Court justices in an election year.” That’s wrong. Justice Anthony Kennedy was confirmed in 1988, an election year.

• Trump called Cruz the “single biggest liar” for saying Trump “supports federal taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood.” But Trump did leave open the possibility of funding some aspects before later saying he wouldn’t support funding as long as the group performed abortions.

• Rubio said that illegal immigration “is worse today than it was three years ago, which is worse than it was five years ago.” The estimated number of immigrants in the country illegally has remained stable over that time.

• Carson attributed a quote to Joseph Stalin that experts say didn’t come from the Soviet dictator.

• Trump falsely claimed that a failed eminent domain case to benefit a Trump casino project in 1998 “wasn’t for a parking lot.” It was.

• Bush conflated two Trump quotes in claiming Trump called Sen. John McCain a “loser because he was a P.O.W.” Trump said he was a loser, because he lost the 2008 presidential election.

• Trump claimed that the nation’s economy “didn’t grow” in the last quarter. It did.

• Trump repeated his claim that he is a self-funded candidate. Not entirely. His money makes up 66% of his campaign’s money through the end of 2015. The rest comes from individual donors.


http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/02/14/fact-check-republican-debate-south-carolina/80363366/#

 

[christiefan915]

That debate was like a drunken brawl and I loved it, especially Trump, Cruz and Rubio. Some real fine presidential material there!

Kasich is the only one who came off well, urging everybody to stop the fighting and concentrate on the issues.

 

[Legion Troll]

Kasich is the only one who came off well, urging everybody to stop the fighting and concentrate on the issues.

He has little appeal with the con base.

 

[Damocles]

He has little appeal with the con base.

I'd love to see a Kasich/Sanders debate... All the arm flailing... it will look like two little kids trying to fly.

 

[CFM]

That debate was like a drunken brawl and I loved it, especially Trump, Cruz and Rubio. Some real fine presidential material there!

Kasich is the only one who came off well, urging everybody to stop the fighting and concentrate on the issues.

The last Democrat debate was between two old WHITE people coming the the party that claims diversity who did nothing more than try to see who could out-socialist the other one with someone else's money.

 

[Legion Troll]

The last Democrat debate was between two old WHITE people coming the the party that claims diversity who did nothing more than try to see who could out-socialist the other one with someone else's money.

Don't you like old white people?

 

[CFM]

Don't you like old white people?

My predictions are still perfect about you. Another smartass response twisting what was said.

What I don't like is whatever you happen to be. It doesn't matter what it is.

 

[christiefan915]

The last Democrat debate was between two old WHITE people coming the the party that claims diversity who did nothing more than try to see who could out-socialist the other one with someone else's money.

Trump's an old white guy, older than Hillary. Ben Carson, John Kasich both getting up there too.

 

[CFM]

Trump's an old white guy, older than Hillary. Ben Carson, John Kasich both getting up there too.

Bernie Sanders is older than Reagan and people like you say Reagan was too old. Make some excuse for that.

Nothing from the party of diversity about the two candidates being white?

 

[Legion Troll]

Aren't you an old white guy?

 

[The Dude]

Don't you like old white people?

He obviously hates himself
And he is old and white

 

[CFM]

Aren't you an old white guy?

Am I?

 

[CFM]

He obviously hates himself
And he is old and white

Just morons like you.

I'm old AND white?

 

[Legion Troll]

Am I?

Don't you know how old you are?

 

[CFM]

Don't you know how old you are?

Do you? If you're going to call someone old, you should provide proof.

 

[Legion Troll]

If you're going to call someone old, you should provide proof.

The kind you provide when challenged?

 

[CFM]

The kind you provide when challenged?

The kind you won't provide. Just as I predicted. That's the proof I need to support my claim about you. Thanks for helping. Still 100%. I knew you wouldn't do it.